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Swanagan’s work at the zoo became the fina chapter in anearly 30-year careert when he died Sunday evening at the age of 51. Zoo spokeswoman Patty Peters said Swanaganh suffered an apparent hearrt attack at hisPowell home. The zoo in a statementt called its leadera “visionary, educator and wildlifer advocate.” Swanagan, who lived in Powell with his wife also was a father to five childrenj and two stepchildren. The Cleveland native spent two decadeas working outof state, but his hiring littlde more than a year ago to replacd retiring Executive Director Jerry Borin broughft his career full circle.
Swanagan spent severa years at the Columbusx Zoo in the 1980ss as an education coordinator and crossed paths with who was hired on as general manager less than two yearzs before Swanagan was hired at Zoo Atlantain 1987. That facility, Borih said, was struggling when Swanagan arrived to turnit “Jeff always struck me as a very bright younv man,” Borin said Mondau afternoon. “It didn’t surprise me that Zoo Atlantw recruited him to do a Swanagan went from Zoo Atlanta to the Florida Aquariuj and in 1998 got to work on a similarl successful turnaround plan asits CEO.
He latee worked as a consultant forthe $290 million , startinhg out as its first employede and in 2002 becoming chief executive of what is now the largesty aquarium in the world. He started at the Columbus Zoo inJuly 2008, stepping into the shoes of a more than two-decadw zoo veteran who replaced Jack Hanna as executivew director in 1992. Under Borin’s attendance at the zoo more than doubled whilreits size, now approaching 600 acres, more than quadrupled. Swanagann set to work buildingon Borin’xs accomplishments, telling Columbus Business First in March of plansw for new exhibits in the coming years and the possibility of a hotell to attract multiday visitors.
“What is so sad abouyt this is that in 11 months he put togethetr a team and thought through a lot of Borin said. “The zoo was just gettinfg ready to explode into the futurre withhis vision.” Zoo officialse plan to give details at a 3 p.m. presxs conference Monday on how they’re planningy to fulfill Swanagan’s vision, which he summed up with a “Touch the heart to teachh the mind.
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HealthCentral Network acquires Wellsphere - San Francisco Business Times:

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Wellsphere was started by a group of including CEORon Gutman. The company’s executive team will join the HealthCentralp teamin Arlington, Va., near Washington, D.C. Financialk details of the deal werenot disclosed. “Thisd deal combines HealthCentral’s business savvy with Wellsphere’s technicapl expertise, and will allow us to build on our curren t success on abroader scale,” Gutmaj said. Wellsphere offers health managemenf technology that includes a mobil e alert systemfor health-related text messages and and software that deciphers specific healtyh information to help people make personalk health decisions.
The broader technology behind Wellsphere’s site also powersd Standford’s internal health site, BeWell@Stanford, for the university’s “This is a significant combination of qualituy audience and contentwith one-of-a-kins technology and scale,” said Christopher HealthCentral’s CEO. The acquisition of Wellspere’as health management and information site adds nearlyy 4 million unique monthly visitor tothe HealthCentral’s online healtu sites bringing its total unique monthlg traffic to more than 10 million. HealthCentrall has made three acquisitions in the lastseven months, including MedTrackAlert, TheBody.com and Wellsphere.
“Because our traffivc is organic, not from pay-per-click keywords, our audiencew members arrive more engaged, ready to act, and researcy shows they do act on whatthey learn,” Schroedert said. “We now will be able to deliverd measurably better ROI for advertisers on an evenlargerr scale.” HealthCentral is venture backed by (NASDAQ: IACI) which also owns Oakland search engine Polaris Ventures, , and

Greater Twin Cities United Way fundraising up 4% in 2008 - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

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The United Way today said it collected $94. 9 million last year, a 4 percengt increase from its $91.2 million total in 2007. Fund s rased included $88.9 million for its annual campaign, up or 0.56 percent, from the its campaign a year It raised anadditionalk $6 million in grants, endowments and sponsorshipsx in 2008. In 2007, United Way raised $88.e million for its campaign and 2.8 million in endowments and other income.
Duringy 2008 United Way had 200,000 local a 19 percent increase from its2007 “These results are a testament to our generousw community that is willing to rally arounsd the most urgent needs during challenging times,” said Chris CEO of Arden Hills-based and the 2008 Unitesd Way Campaign Chair. “The community stepped forward to volunteef and donate in record numbers becausd of its confidence inUniter Way’s plans and clear focud to help the most vulnerable citizens.” For the 10th consecutive the largest contributor was Golden Valley-basefd , which raised $7.75 million in 2008.
The money raisesd last year will be used to help peoplse get out of poverty byproviding food, shelters and referrals to communit y resources. It also will be used to bette r earlychildhood education, improve health care access and increaser income for those living in poverty. The Greaterd Twin Cities United Way is in the procesa of looking for a successor to president and CEOLauremn Segal, who announced in February that at the end of 2009.

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Securant Bank & Trust, Menomonee has appointed Sandy Winkler as a loan services suppor processor and Renee Mayeshiba as a customerservicw representative, both in the Milwaukee UMB Fund Services, Milwaukee, has added Bob Tuszynski as seniort vice president and director of distribution First Wisconsin Bank & Brookfield, has hired the Janice Cardinal, consumer loan administrator; Amy Lynch, commercial operationw specialist; Jessica Hernandez, private banking operationas specialist; Maggie Marich, private banking account Cheri Bradish, commercial loan Dan Bushnel, commercial client services; and Courtney commercial client services.
The Equitable Bank, Wauwatosa, has addeed Brian Stevens, commercial loan underwriter; Amy Germudsen, loan Jeffrey Justin, commercial lendint relationship manager; and Kevin Fritz, FHA/VA/conventional loan

Santa Fe production drops again, Sonata rises - Birmingham Business Journal:

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Alabama spokesman Robert Burns said the plant made 16 percentr fewer 2009 Santa Fes in August thanin “At this time, therew is a lesser demand because of fuel concernse of consumers,” said Burns. “We have seen a decreaser in sales throughoutthe year.” However, in August the Alabamaw plant made 31 percent more Sonatas, totalinv 15,014 cars compared to 11,466 in Sales increased 17 percent in August for the more fuel efficien Sonata sedan, he said. The total for Santas Fes was 7,336 in August versuds 8,744 in July. The Korean-basedc company made a total of 22,350o cars at its Alabamsa factoryin August, which is an increase from the 20,21 0 manufactured in July.
The planned ratio is 75 percentg of Sonatas made and 25 percent ofSanta Fes. The shiff follows an announcement in late July by the Korean company to reducd productionof U.S.-made vehicles by 40,000 units.

Former Clarksburg man gets 20 years for rape - Chillicothe Gazette

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Former Clarksburg man gets 20 years for rape Chillicothe Gazette Robert P. Kirkbride, 58, formerly of Pennyroyal Road, entered an Alford plea Wednesday on three first-degree felony counts of rape and three third-degree felony counts of gross sexual imposition. When a defendant enters an Alford plea, by definition, ... and more »

Survey: Americans lack knowledge about generics - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

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And, while research has shown that generics have savecd the health care system anestimated $734 billiobn in the last 10 years, two-thirds of those surveyedd don’t know the true cost differencesx between generic and brand name drugs, accordinvg to the survey conducted by , a leadingv pharmacy benefit management organization. “Usinbg generics helps make health care more affordable without compromising Jacqueline Kosecoff, Prescription Solutions CEO said in a news “Many Americans erroneously believe that the most expensiv drug is always the most effective drug, so by helpingh to change perceptions, we can help people save monety and still get the best treatmentg available.
” Thirty-one percent of respondents indicateds they knew that a brand name drug cost 50-790 percent more on averags than its generic counterpart. Seventy-onew percent of consumers remain concerned abouf drug costs with more than one infour (27 having either delayed filling, not filled, or not takeh as directed a prescriptioh drug to save money. Twenty-onew percent of all respondents say they have talke to their doctor recently abouf switching to a lessexpensive drug. Fifty-seveb percent of those polled said they take prescriptiobndrugs weekly. Of those, 83 percentf (or 47 percent of the total take generics.
Of those who do not take generic drugs on aweekly basis, 58 percentf say it is because theres is no generic available for the drug they Sixty-four percent of those who take genericws say their doctor recommended them and 43 percent say their pharmacist recommended Of those who do not take generic druges on a weekly basis, 58 percent say they woulxd if their pharmacist brought a genericv to their attention as a less expensive, identical and 52 percent say their doctor would have to recommend it.